AVFC statement - McLeish sacked.

[eastie]

Goodness me lads, stop panicking and relax, mcleish will not be manager of aston villa in a weeks time- enjoy sunday as it will be his last game im sure.

[mr underhill]

not getting rid will cause irreparable damage to the club and next season will be a deeply hostile experience for all parties

[VillaAlways]

So AM has e-mailed Faulkner to request a meeting ? Shouldn't it be the other way round?

[Steve67]

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, is brown like shit, then it's most likely, McLeish.  Shit season, very, very shit.  Surely to God Randy and fatty Faulkner see this for what it is?  Sack the shit.

[Jon Crofts]

'You really enjoy it when your team is winning regularly. We didn't do that enough'  No we didn't a winning streak of 1 Alex you fucking clown.

[PaulWinch again]

When managing in England his teams have never won regularly. He truly is one of the worst managers to have had the luck to manage in the top division. He should have been sacked months ago, and must be sacked following this game or we are fucked.

[Simba]

I truly do not understand the sympathy for the man. Decent or not he is a failure. By any measure.

We are a football club paying him massive sums of money for his expertise. We are also a business and losing both money and respect because of his 'style' of football. Anyone with any knowledge is amazed that we stuck with him.

If he did, in fact, have any decency and based entirely on the 20% two season win ratio- he would resign.

Yes Alex. Resign. You are not good enough. Have some dignity. Enjoy your wealth. But away from Villa Park and rip up the contract if you want respect. Don't force us to fire you and pay you out.

Sympathy? Fuck that.

[danlanza]

When managing in England his teams have never won regularly. He truly is one of the worst manager's to have had the luck to manage in the top division. He should have been sacked months ago, and must be sacked following this game or we are fucked.

Ive said this for a long time,HE will still be in charge of us at the start of next season, no doubt on that one.We are on a downward spiral with this bloke and everyone can see it,apart from those who control our club. Look at Wolves new manager,class manager with a great track record, champions league experiance with Copenhagen. What the fuck are we doing paying 2 million a year to this tosser?Can somebody give us Villa fans a ray of light for next season?

[PaulWinch again]

I don't entirely agree on the Wolves manager having a great track record, he just got Cologne relegated. However at least they've got themselves sorted early and cast their net wide in the search for a manager. On the ray of light, unless Mcleish goes there is no light just one massive black cloud. If the board don't see that they'll get everything they deserve, sadly the fans will have to suffer from that.

[Legion]

Interesting managerial choice.

[Risso]

All this "he's a really nice bloke" bollocks.  He's a deluded arse who actually thinks he's done a decent job.  He probably thinks Pardew has nicked his Manager of the year Year trophy.

[luke25]

When managing in England his teams have never won regularly. He truly is one of the worst manager's to have had the luck to manage in the top division. He should have been sacked months ago, and must be sacked following this game or we are fucked.

Ive said this for a long time,HE will still be in charge of us at the start of next season, no doubt on that one.We are on a downward spiral with this bloke and everyone can see it,apart from those who control our club. Look at Wolves new manager,class manager with a great track record, champions league experiance with Copenhagen. What the fuck are we doing paying 2 million a year to this tosser?Can somebody give us Villa fans a ray of light for next season?

Don't get fooled by the exotic Scandanavian name, I watch quite alot of German football and Koln were absolutely dross under him, if it wasn't for Podolski's goals they would've had literally nothing, you could say they're the German Villa.

[claret and blue blood]

Don't feel sorry for him, anyone who has attended a consultation meeting at work where there are 20 of you having it explained to you that there are only 10 jobs in the new business model ,so half of you are out, will know how that compares to someone on £2 million a year who will walk away with a fat compensation cheque.
He will stop worrying about the Villa within 5 minutes as he drives off in his expensive car.
We on the other hand will worry and care about Villa till we die.
The last twelve months have been absolutely fuckin' awful, the thought of the same next season is unbearable.

[danlanza]

Interesting managerial choice.

The only manager to have a proper ruck with Guardiola and show no fear. Just what we need at Villa don't you think? The never say die attitude is what we need.

[PaulWinch again]

This is the point, the thought of another season under Mcleish is genuinely unbearable. For that reason alone he has to go, let alone all the other perfectly good and other reasons.